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Letters Batent No. 93,269, dated August 3,1869.

IMPROVED HOP-POLE SHARPENER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letter-a Patent and. making part ofthe same.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN V. BARNS, of Triangle, in the county ofBroome, in the State of New York, have invented-a new and usefulmachine, which I call the Revolving Hop-Pole Sharpener; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,making a part of this specification.

My machine is for the purpose of sharpening hoppoles, stakes, and posts,consisting of a conical cylinder, with a slot in the side toreceive thecutter. The cylinder is fastened to an arbor that moves it, which arboris also furnished with beltpulley, balance-wheel, and buzz-saw. Thiscombination, resting upon a suitable frame, is run by any motor equal-inpower to a to which a belt may be attached.

I construct my hop pole sharpener in the following I cast a conical ironcylinder, g, with an opening in the side to receive the knife-blade 1),fastened' to a wrought-iron arbor, bolted to cylinder y, contaiuihg theset-screws i t, moving in slots of the blade I), rendering itadjustable. The knife I), I curve on the edge one-half inch, sharpen thepoles to a point, and bevel them back about eighteen inches. I make thecylinder proportionately large for stakesand posts.

The cylinder g is connected at its closed end to a common wrought-ironarbor, h, by face-plates c 0, on

frame, 0, and works in metallic boxes,

' low cone-shaped cylinder g,

the end of each, bolted securely together. The open end is steadied by aboxing, at, fitted nicely to it.

The arbor his also furnished with a belt-pulley, j, over which runs thebelt that drives the sharpener, with a buzz-saw, (I, used for cuttingoff old poles, stakes, and posts, and for squaring the ends of new ones,with a balance-wheel e to regulate the motion, the whole of whichrunning-part rests on a wooden near the extremities of the arbor h.

The pole, stake, or post is held to its place on the sliding frame m bya lever-clamp, a, which is worked by hand, (I think it more practicableto work it by hand, as it has to be changed so often.) The pole, stake,or post is moved into and out of the sharpener by the person who lays iton the frame m, sliding on the rods ll, steadies it during the process,and lays it away when sharpened.

Having described my improvement,

W'hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is- I Thearrangement, upon a suitable frame, of theholand its interior projectingblade I), saw d, sliding grooved frame and lever 11, all

the parts being constructed as described.

STEPHEN V. BARNS.

\Vitnesses:

A. Honcns, O. S. TILLSON.

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